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September 02, 2005

Toastkitten Movie Awards: Keanu Reeves Edition

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Keanu is 41 today!
Here’s what IMDB has to say about old “Cool Breeze”:
One of the most inscrutable actors to ever hit it big, Keanu Reeves has been by turns adored, reviled, and grudgingly respected by the movie-going public. As the controversy over his talent rages on, his career choices and paychecks show him inching toward A-list status.

Inscrutable…good word.

And so I give you the Toastkitten Movie Awards: Keanu Reeves Edition!

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As futuristic savior in the Matrix and playing second banana to Jack Nicholson in Somthing's gotta Give - Keanu, what a peach!


Best Drama (in which K actually does a good job in the acting dept):
River’s Edge

Best Keanu Comedy: Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure

Second place: Point Break
(I know it’s not really a comedy but all that stuff where he and Swazy talk about the ZEN of surfing cracks me up)

Best (underrated) Rom-Com where our boy stands around looking earnest and very cute: Something’s Gotta Give

Best movie where K is cast as our savior:
The Matrix (The first one plus about 25 min of the second one, please)

Best Bard (or film in which K is the only dull note in an otherwise great reinterpretation of Shakespeare):

Much Ado About Nothing
(and didn’t Denzel look hot in those leather pants?!!)

Second Place: My Own Private Idaho
(and didn’t River look hot but sad as the narcoleptic hustler?!!!)

… and finally, the Toastkitten Keanu Guilty Pleasure Award goes to:
The Devil’s Advocate
Co-staring everyone’s fave scenery chewer – Michael Corleone, uh, I mean Al Pacino. (God IS an absentee landlord! DUDE!)

Posted by lk at September 2, 2005 11:19 AM

Comments

Great post on the K-dude, man. 'Ol Willie Shakespeare has been harassed by Ben Jonson and Christopher Marlowe ever since "Much Ado About Nothing" hit the theaters.

Boy, does he want to kick Kenneth Branagh's ass all over the hereafter!

Posted by: Kelly at September 2, 2005 07:10 PM